A Reckoning Of Sorts
i'm always surprised when things work out in ways you don't expect. for example, for the past five weeks, ole suzy q has been a condescending, bossy, snotty, know-it-all. saying that she's been tough to take is putting it lightly--she was intolerable and very few people reach that status with me.
as luck would have it, suzy q did a wonderful job of not only annoying me, but my work twin, and another trusted coworker. in our misery, us three musketeers had a common foe. and while i didn't have any faith that things would change, i probably should have known better.
because my super smart supervisor doesn't miss anything and realized that things were heading downhill fast. so as part of our goals and career path discussions, he quizzed us three on the state of the nation, how things were going, etc. and while we all had separate conversations, we all said the exact same thing. i think we were all at that point where we were about to snap, which may explain why we were blunt, to the point where i said, "hey, i'll be professional all day long to suzy. but personally, i hate her." i don't know how i got away with that one, except that my work and dare i say it, character speak for themselves. all that effort to ensure i was consistent in behavior and actions has paid off.
so that afternoon i noticed a bit of a change in ole suzy. it wasn't something amazing or significant--just a little shift. for starters, there was less contact with suzy, which helped immensely. as i can't stand the daddy's girl, the last thing i want to do is hear about how she spends her weekends with her notre dame gal pals. probably the most telling was a subtle change in how she was approaching my work twin and her tone with me.
i'm not entirely confident that miss muffin can make the type of course alterations needed to right the ship. and i'm not sure i even want her to, as i still don't get what she is doing at our company, as we were told that she led project teams at target. if that was the case, why come to our company and start at the bottom of the ladder if she was on the executive track? sounds mighty fishy to me.
bottom line is that i don't have to like her. i just have to be able to work with her. and while the first shot has been fired off the bow, the battle is far from over. then again, it might be easier now that she's reckoned with us.
as luck would have it, suzy q did a wonderful job of not only annoying me, but my work twin, and another trusted coworker. in our misery, us three musketeers had a common foe. and while i didn't have any faith that things would change, i probably should have known better.
because my super smart supervisor doesn't miss anything and realized that things were heading downhill fast. so as part of our goals and career path discussions, he quizzed us three on the state of the nation, how things were going, etc. and while we all had separate conversations, we all said the exact same thing. i think we were all at that point where we were about to snap, which may explain why we were blunt, to the point where i said, "hey, i'll be professional all day long to suzy. but personally, i hate her." i don't know how i got away with that one, except that my work and dare i say it, character speak for themselves. all that effort to ensure i was consistent in behavior and actions has paid off.
so that afternoon i noticed a bit of a change in ole suzy. it wasn't something amazing or significant--just a little shift. for starters, there was less contact with suzy, which helped immensely. as i can't stand the daddy's girl, the last thing i want to do is hear about how she spends her weekends with her notre dame gal pals. probably the most telling was a subtle change in how she was approaching my work twin and her tone with me.
i'm not entirely confident that miss muffin can make the type of course alterations needed to right the ship. and i'm not sure i even want her to, as i still don't get what she is doing at our company, as we were told that she led project teams at target. if that was the case, why come to our company and start at the bottom of the ladder if she was on the executive track? sounds mighty fishy to me.
bottom line is that i don't have to like her. i just have to be able to work with her. and while the first shot has been fired off the bow, the battle is far from over. then again, it might be easier now that she's reckoned with us.
posted by the princess at 2/03/2007
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